The Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film.[1][2][3]
| Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) The 2023 recipient: Keerthy Suresh | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Telugu films |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | 1972 |
| Currently held by | |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Winners and nominees
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
|---|
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 / 21 | Sai Pallavi ‡ | Mounika Rani | Love Story | [58] |
| Sai Pallavi | Rosie / Maithreyi | Shyam Singha Roy | ||
| Chandini Chowdary | Deepthi Varma | Colour Photo | ||
| Krithi Shetty | Sangeetha "Bebamma" | Uppena | ||
| Pooja Hegde | Amulya | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | ||
| Rashmika Mandanna | Chaitra | Bheeshma | ||
| Srivalli | Pushpa: The Rise | |||
| 2022 | Mrunal Thakur ‡ | Princess Noor Jahan / Sita Mahalakshmi | Sita Ramam | [59] |
| Aishwarya Lekshmi | Amudha Ravindranath | Ammu | ||
| Nazriya Nazim | Leela Thomas | Ante Sundaraniki | ||
| Neha Shetty | Radhika | DJ Tillu | ||
| Nithya Menen | Suguna | Bheemla Nayak | ||
| Sai Pallavi | Vennela | Virata Parvam | ||
| Samantha | Yashoda | Yashoda | ||
| 2023 | Keerthy Suresh ‡ | Vennala | Dasara | [60] |
| Mrunal Thakur | Yashna | Hi Nanna | ||
| Vaishnavi Chaitanya | Vaishnavi | Baby | ||
| Anushka Shetty | Anvitha Ravali Shetty | Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty | ||
| Samantha | Shakuntala | Shaakuntalam | ||
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Superlatives
| Superlative | Actress | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Vijayashanti | 6 wins |
| Youngest winner | Jyothi | 17 years |
| Youngest nominees | Sridevi, Divya Bharti | 16 years |
- Vanisri won the award the most times in the 70's with three wins. Vijayashanti won the most in the 80s and 90s with three wins each decade. In the 90s, Soundarya had three wins. Trisha Krishnan won the award three times in 2000s, while Anushka Shetty has the most wins in 2010s with three wins and Sai Pallavi won award four times in 2020s.
- Jayasudha and Tabu are the two actress who have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu.
- Seven actresses have won the awards in consecutive years: Vanisri (1973–1975), Jayasudha (1976–1977), Vijayashanti (1989–1990), Soundarya (1998–1999), Trisha Krishnan (2004–2005), Anushka Shetty (2009–2010) and Sai Pallavi (2021-2022). Vanisri is the only actress to win the award three times consecutively.
- J. Jayalalithaa, Revathi, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Sai Pallavi are the only actresses to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in the same year for their performances in the year 1972, 1992, 2012 and 2022 respectively.
- Seven actresses have won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for their debut Telugu films. In chronological order Sujatha(1979),Radhika Sarathkumar (1981), Richa Pallod (2000), Sadha (2002), Asin (2003), Sai Pallavi (2017) and Mrunal Thakur (2022).
- Nithya Menen is the first actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu (in 2013) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (in 2015).
- Sai Pallavi is the first actress who won both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress -Telugu awards in the same year (2022).
- Vijayashanti and Keerthy Suresh both have won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and National Film Award for Best Actress for their performances in Kartavyam (1990) and Mahanati (2018) respectively.
- Jayasudha has received the most nominations with Ten, followed by Anushka Shetty, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu each with nine nominations.
- In 1981, the one and only time till date, two actresses were nominated for the same film: Jayasudha and Sridevi for Premabhishekam.
Multiple wins
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
|---|---|
| 6 | Vijayashanti |
| 3 | Vanisri, Jayasudha, Soundarya, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty |
| 2 | Samantha, Sai Pallavi, Keerthy Suresh |
Multiple nominations
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
|---|---|
| 10 | Jayasudha |
| 9 | Anushka Shetty, Samantha |
| 8 | Vijayashanti |
| 7 | Jaya Prada, Soundarya |
| 6 | Vanisri, Sridevi |
| 5 | Radhika Sarathkumar, Trisha Krishnan |
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Notes
- Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
- Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
- The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.
References
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